A proxy approach to dealing with the infeasibility problem in super-efficiency data envelopment analysis

Cheng, Gang and Zervopoulos, Panagiotis (2012): A proxy approach to dealing with the infeasibility problem in super-efficiency data envelopment analysis.

Abstract

Super-efficiency data envelopment analysis (SE-DEA) models are expressions of the traditional DEA models featuring the exclusion of the unit under evaluation from the reference set. The SE-DEA models have been applied in various cases such as sensitivity and stability analysis, measurement of productivity changes，outliers’ identification，and classification and ranking of decision making units (DMUs). A major deficiency in the SE-DEA models is their infeasibility in determining super-efficiency scores for some efficient DMUs when variable, non-increasing and non-decreasing returns to scale (VRS, NIRS, NDRS) prevail. The scope of this study is the development of an oriented proxy approach for SE-DEA models in order to tackle the infeasibility problem. The proxy introduced to the SE-DEA models replaces the original infeasible DMU in the sample and guarantees a feasible optimal solution. The proxy approach yields the same scores as the traditional SE-DEA models to the feasible DMUs.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Data envelopment analysis (DEA); Super-efficiency (SE); Infeasibility; Orientation
• Subjects: C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C0 - General > C02 - Mathematical Methods; C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C6 - Mathematical Methods ; Programming Models ; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling > C61 - Optimization Techniques ; Programming Models ; Dynamic Analysis; C - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods > C6 - Mathematical Methods ; Programming Models ; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling > C67 - Input-Output Models

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